On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Daniel Callan wrote:
> >> I know that the archive is full of alias problems but so far I cannot
> >> seem to find someone mentioning the simplest (and worst) problem of
> >> them all: If an account exists that is the same name as a virtual-domain
> >> specific alias (or even any alias for that matter), the account takes
> >> preference over the alias and the mail goes straight to the account.
> >
> >This is not correct.
>
> Which part?
local is never virtual. (See other answers in this thread)
> All of the virtual domains I'm using are in control/locals AND
> in control/virtdomains. If they weren't, I couldn't use them as domains
which is your problem.
try to run qmail-lint which you can find on www.qmail.org
> for all the local accounts. None of the domains are soley for either
> purpose, they are all used for BOTH accounts and aliases.
>
> Point is, Sendmail was able to have virtual domains apply to all
> known accounts and aliases (WITH ALIASES CHECKED BEFORE ACCOUNTS).
> >
> >> Am I the only who thinks this is completey backwards???
> >
> >Unfortunately not.
>
> Glad to hear that at least ;-)
I meant that there are too many users that are confused like this about
local and virtual domain handling. (No offense intended).
If you describe EXACTLY what you want, it will be much easier to meet
the help demands. Take 2-3 domains together if you really want to merge
these configurations together. I usually don't.
/magnus
